.....blxxdy well keep her thoughts to herself.
It was my sons first assembly at school today. He had a speaking part which we have been rehearsing for weeks and we were both really looking forwards to it.
I am fortunate in that most of the time I can be flexible thanks to self employment, so I attend almost everything and help out at events etc however when certain issues come up I have to drop everything and just go to work - which is the trade off for having a high enough income to be at home most of the time. Unfortunately one of those incidences was today. I was utterly gutted but I am the sole breadwinner fora family of four and cannot afford to loose business or clients so had to go to work feeling thoroughly wretched.
Fast forward to this afternoon and the first thing this mother informs me (and I liked her up till today) was how awful it was I wasnt there as my son was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO upset and looking everywhere for me and how brilliant he was (that I could believe but stil..) I thought at first she was maybe being a bit unwittingly tactless so asked her to stop now as I felt bad enough but she still continued with OH I so wish I could give him a hug as he was SOOOOOOOOOOOO upset and SOOOOO good. FFS I COULDNT BE THERE. I wasnt sitting at home eating tea and toast, I was at work paying my bills and I already felt shxxt so just mind your own. I didnt say too much to be honest, just sort of mutter in assent when she said about it being too be with my baby but seriously I wish I had said something now.
DS is fine about it and everyone said how good he was, one mum even said she would mail me the film of it but I just feel like crying. I cant win and sometimes I really wish other people would just mind their own business. Not everyone can be there for morning/daytime performances and its not nice to miss them when you know how much your kids want you there so dont blxxxy rub it in.
Rant over.